Attrahent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Attrahent \At"tra*hent\, a. [L. attrahens, p. pr. of attrahere.
     See {Attract}, v. t.]
     Attracting; drawing; attractive.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Attrahent \At"tra*hent\, n.
     1. That which attracts, as a magnet.
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              The motion of the steel to its attrahent.
                                                    --Glanvill.
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     2. (Med.) A substance which, by irritating the surface,
        excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a
        blister, an epispastic, a sinapism.
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